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The pea, in "The Princess and the Pea"
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irritation
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., in reference to sores and morbid swelling, from Middle French irritation or directly from Latin irritationem (nominative irritatio ) "incitement, irritation," noun of action from past participle stem of irritare (see irritate ).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES skin irritation ▪ A lot of chemicals can cause skin irritation. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE mild ▪ Protocol 2 studied the phenomenon of adaptive cytoprotection in response to mild irritation of the duodenal ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Irritation , in biology and physiology , is a state of inflammation or painful reaction to allergy or cell-lining damage. A stimulus or agent which induces the state of irritation is an irritant . Irritants are typically thought of as chemical agents (for ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Irritation \Ir`ri*ta"tion\, n. [L. irritatio: cf. F. irritation.] The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or passion; provocation; ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed [syn: annoyance , vexation , botheration ] a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood" [syn: pique , temper ] (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation; "any food produced ...
Usage examples of irritation.
Not for the first time, Erik Hakkonsen stared in irritation at the heavy plate armor, as he stood sharpening the blade of his Algonquian war hatchet.
With the pea, therefore, the irritation from an attached object, and from geotropism when acting at right angles to the radicle, are nearly balanced forces.
She dusted her feet and boots with antifungal powder each morning, but every little irritation had to be treated immediately, before it became a major problem.
By then his irritation would have faded, and she would have restored Appleton Manor to its former glory.
But, outwardly at least, Beaumont had displayed little but gnawing irritation.
Once, in a fit of irritation with a Candiot who stammered out of sheer fright, the captain had ordered him to be hanged.
Eventually he collapsed onto the bed again, still fighting off paroxysms of chuckles while Erik stared at him in icy irritation.
Ard had turned in his chair to watch Coelin, and Jenna could see something akin to disgust, or maybe it was simply irritation, flicker across his face.
Ramelle sidestepped the martial show and Cora alternated between amusement and irritation.
He had won forty-five credits, and knew he had better quit before he caused irritation.
As the prostate gland becomes more irritated and inflamed from the natural progress of the disease, or from the irritation caused by the passage of instruments, or the employment of strong, harsh, stimulating diuretics, the urine becomes cloudy, and still later is found to have deposited during the night in the chamber utensil a quantity of thick, tenacious, and usually offensive mucus.
Even the physician can but suspect, till time develops more fully by hysterias, epilepsies, spinal irritations, and a train of symptoms unmistakable even if the finally extorted confession of the poor victim did not render the matter clear.
If the discharges contain much blood, a flannel cloth moistened with the spirits of turpentine should be laid over the lower part of the abdomen, and kept there until slight irritation is produced.
During childhood, particularly in scrofulous children, discharges from the vagina are not unfrequent, owing to worms or other intestinal irritation.
When she heard this movement Domini remembered her irritation against him at El-Akbara.